John Nightingale

Following on from Simon Notley’s Paper in 2021, Dr Shailesh Mistry picks up the story of the evolution of UTMC There is no written paper to accompany this presentation See all the 2022 Presentations on our YouTube Channel

WINNER : Most Innovative paper 2022 In 2018, TfGM presented the “CYCLOPS – Creating Protected Junctions” paper at the JCT Symposium. Through this paper TfGM shared the concept of CYCLOPS – a design technique created by TfGM engineers that protects cyclists by providing an external orbital cycle route, separating cyclists…

Since 2016 TfL and London boroughs have, collectively, added 250km of new cycle routes. As we know, designing additional protected facilities for vulnerable users at signalised junctions is often difficult and complex as introducing additional conflicting phases reduces the capacity of junctions for other modes. Last year at JCT, TfL…

WINNER : Best Overall Paper 2022 Following the release of TSM Chapter 6, the minimum green to a full green traffic phase can be reduced to 5 seconds at sites with very low flows. TfL has undertaken on-street trials to assess the impact and benefit of reducing this minimum to…

This paper and presentation highlights how cloud-based software, using GPS trajectory data can be used to discern which locations are operating “normally” and to identify areas of concern to begin troubleshooting for optimal performance in the context of current policy, be those issues with current timing plans, maintenance-based activities, etc.…

This paper looks at the junction capacity implications of using portable vs temporary signals under UTC control when undertaking junction improvement works. LinSig and VISSIM have been used to demonstrate the benefit of introducing temporary signals at more complex junctions by comparing capacity, journey times, delay, and queueing. Further analysis…

Dr Andy Hamilton provides an update on the development of FUSION – the company’s policy driven traffic management and adaptive control solution that is being developed and tested with Transport for London. Andy shares the latest development status and provides further performance results and insights following the most recent deployments…

Lincoln Road is a main arterial route between Newark Town Centre and the A1 to the east and has an Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) of 18,300 vehicles. MOVA loop detection would have required ducting installing on the bridge close to the railway and the Overhead Line Equipment (OLE, considered…

Last year Vivacity presented the first results for its ground breaking Smart Junctions pilot project in Manchester. However, as a new product we wanted to take on one of the best control systems in the UK market – MOVA – in as fair and unbiased a trial as we could.…

This paper is based on the experience of deployment of an AI based traffic control support system in Kirklees. It will outline the challenges and opportunities created by introducing a new form of traffic control based on the Simplifai control approach. The points that will be covered will be: How…